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"So I waited another week and then decided that if you feel well and you're careful, you should get on with it. Crack on I say.

"Both my partner and Caroline's husband said we should go to hockey. They've been going out to work and seeing people and having a life.

"They didn't exactly feel sorry for us but they realised how important it is for us to get out of the house, go to hockey on a Tuesday night and go to a match on a Saturday. It's good for you to see your friends and have a runabout and be ourselves, Jenna and Caroline - not just a mum.

"Also because we've all been through the same thing at the same time we make a great support group, having a gasbag at the side of the pitch.

"For us it was having fun and friends and a team to go back to that was really important."